unstable.?! by Tymus 2021-10-11T08:56:17Z
The game looks very good. Unfortunately i only got to play the horse game in which i couldn't figure out what to do.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Transylvanian Blacksmiths
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | Confession | jam | 510 | 3.69 | 3.32 | 2.88 | 3.51 | 4.03 | 2.27 | 4.17 |
The game looks very good. Unfortunately i only got to play the horse game in which i couldn't figure out what to do.
The art, the sound effects, you managed to bring back some nostalgia, I love it! And you managed to do all these things in 3 days, great job! I can't wait to see what other games you will release in the future.
I honestly like the ps1 aesthetic. I find it real funny that the farmer is throwing dynamite at the bulldozer. Overall it's a simple and fun game to play. The audio is a bit loud though.
I love the idea and the names in the game are hilarious, great job guys! I like the art and the sounds effects. The thing that seems a bit weird is the intro dialogue, it would've been nice to have a button to get to the next dialogue, it's not really that intuitive to click on the dialogue box. And the intro dialogue it's a bit long, but overall the game is fun to play.
Lovely art, cool mechanic and nice addition letting the player end whenever he wants. Regarding the music, it seemed unfit for the game but it might be only me.
The things appearing on the screen moving left to right are a great idea, they are very distracting and make the game more difficult, I really love it. Would like to see a city or something in the background drawn like the stickmen in the introduction screen with some animations. Overall a fun game to play, great job!
The idea is really nice, although the game gets boring really fast. I love the art style and the sounds, it's a funny game.
I love the idea, I would like to see a more challenging level and maybe dash with your spear through some enemies. Overall it's a nice experience.
Well built game with loads to do and also no bugs. You guys actually delivered.
First time when I started the game I went right instead of straight ahead and fell below the walking platform, I would suggest some walls. The idea is great, I really love the gameplay a thing I would've liked different it's a cooldown on the space button, currently you can spam your ability and always see where you are going. The visuals combined with the music gives me an eerie vibe which I love!
Beautiful art style, goes really well with the audio. It's a cool game to play with a funny narrative.
I would've like the world to have more details, it feels a little bit empty at the moment. I love the simplicity in the art style, overall it's a real fun game to play!
The art and the colors are amazing, love the sound effects. I really enjoyed your game.
Really love the art style and the sound effects. The washing machine keeps killing me when I enter the room and I have no idea what to do, some kind of tutorial or scale up the difficulty as you play would work.
The pixel art is on point, really love it, the mechanics of the game are fun, a thing that I would like to see is that the main menu fits the game art style. Overall is a fun game to play, good job !
Beautiful art style and visual effects.
Great game, love the art and the ledge grab mechanic.
I had a weird bug, when you interact with the working table my character would disappear and I need to restart my game. I really like the game narrative, it's like an old school comedy movie. The visuals remind me of old flash games which I really like.
I love the idea that you learn how to play the game while playing it without any tutorials. The mechanics are great, the visuals are simple but nice, would like to see the UI visuals fitting in the in-game visuals.
That walrus is terrifying ! When you're collecting eggs and that thing comes towards you, you really feel the pressure, great mechanics. I also like the old school visuals and sounds.
The game is a bit hard but I love it! The art is simple but clean, it looks great ! One thing I thought it was a bit weird is that the menu art doesn't match with the in game art.
The sound effects are hilarious, love the lego like art. The mechanics are fun too. Great job guys.
Interesting idea. I love gravity falls so +1 from me there. As others have said, the "unstable" part is a little lackluster.
Love the game guys, the art style it's simply amazing, combined with the music it gives a nice vibe. The narrative is great, what you guys manage to accomplish in just 3 days is amazing. A thing that I would've liked to be different is the stats to be integrated in the game screen, somewhere on the top screen in line.
Quite original idea. Love the aesthetics and effects. One small observation is to make the scissors stand out a little more. it took me a few seconds to get the idea but it's nothing serious. Had fun anyway, good job!
thank you for your feedback @butterfly. as this is our first game jam, we didn't know how to do some things.
Thank you very much @aaronfournet, glad you liked it.
Hello @mlkvr, the bullet will despawn on collision with enemies and environment props. Also thank you kindly for your feedback
Hi @flywolfe, currently the only thing that triggers paranoia is a random timer but we will continue to work on the game in the future.
Hello @enya454 we will work on those observations in the future to make the movement feel more fluid and when you damage an enemy to have more impact on his movement, currently when the bullet collides with an enemy, the enemy movement slows down a bit. Thank you for your feedback, we are glad you enjoyed our game!
Hello @baconharemthug we are happy you enjoyed our game! a good way to fight the enemy is to kite them around while shooting. Thank you for your feedback!
Hello @mishaniks the game is a bit hard the first time you play it, a good way to avoid your enemies is to kite them around the room. Thank you for your feedback !
Hello @skallywags we made a mistake by not making the objects blocking your movement stand out a bit more from the rest of the environment we will be more careful on these details in the future. Thank you for your feedback and we are happy you enjoyed our game !
Greetings, @ravenmages. We are happy that you liked the game and thank you for the positive feedback.
Hello @ilbini thank you very kindly for your detailed feedback ! We are aware of some of this issues, unfortunately we were tight on schedule to fix them. We will take note and definitely take your advice to make the player experience more enjoyable! Currently the only difference in the enemies are a change of color, there is three kind of enemies. Currently the only way to access new journal entries is via the main menu of the game in the journal section.
Hello @kit-gorn we are happy you enjoyed our game ! Thank you for your feedback, we will take note in the future !
@bridgefromtv @dev-dennis @hobzone @muros @scalphamission @josher @pashaloban @iori-branford Thank you for your kind words and the valuable feedback!
Addressing some comments: - The remaining time we had after finishing didn't allow us to balance the game accordingly so the increased challenge was a result of that. - The "Unstable" part is that the main character's mind is unstable as a result in part of his troubled past. In game this is represented by the "Paranoia" mechanic in which his vision is impaired, HP is replenished and the damage taken from the ghosts is reduced because his awareness to his surroundings is increased. After paranoia wears off, his health is reduced to half HP. This state is random so you, as a player, don't know when it will trigger. - The game has a knockback mechanic which is triggered when the ghosts touch the character but we're aware it's not polished enough. - A little research about paranoia revealed to us that increased awareness and hallucinations can be side effects which is represented in game by hearing voices, reduced vision and increased health while having paranoia. - The game will 100% be expanded in the future with new mechanics, improved visuals, additional story and more!
Hello, @awesomealliterationalliance @forik @bufuak Thank you for your kind words and useful feedback.
At the start we planned more that could've been done in 3 days so a number of features were left out like finding notes/letters and damage feedback on player and enemies(impact on shots, muzzle flash on pistol, enemies changing their colors on impact, etc.). We will continue working on the game and those features will find their way into the game.
Doors closing down when player enters a room for the first time is a technical limitation and also a design choice. We got inspired by roguelike games at the beginning and took some inspiration from other games hence closing doors. Also the spawning of the ghosts are done when the player enters the room and the movement logic is simple because of time constraints so closing doors help with this.
Paranoia limits your vision so we fully healed the player to balance the game a little. The downside is losing half HP when out of paranoia.
Hello @electric-bonfire thank you for your feedback, we are happy you enjoyed our game ! We had in plan to add more feedback from the enemy like sound and visual effects but unfortunately we ran out of time to work on these features. The problem with getting stuck in some rooms is a level design fault, we tried to differentiate the walkable surface from the objects you collide with by using different shades of color, light shade walkable surface, dark shade, stuff you collide with, it did not work as well as we thought it would. We will continue to work on the game and fix these issues ! Hello @jupiter-hadley thank you for adding our game in your video, before release we thought the game was easy and changed some stats on the enemies, we did not take in account that we tested the game a lot in those 3 days and we got used to the feel of it. After a few days thanks to you guys we realized we made a mistake by buffing up the enemies. In the future we will improve the combat system of the game along with other interesting things planned !
The art and the music reminds me of the old flash games, I really love it ! I would like to see in the future some kind of combination of keys to fold the plane to make it a little bit harder. Overall it's a fun game to play !
Great visuals, I really like how you integrated the tutorial in game, much easier to see than going into a different tab in a menu. The mechanics would've been perfect if you had some kind of sound effect when the steam and heat level reach a critical point. Overall it's really a great game.
The narrative is simply amazing, I also love the visuals and the overall game design, I like the idea that you can inspect almost every single thing in the game. One thing that happened to me in the web version is that the text goes off screen if in full screen mode. if I'm in windowed the mouse goes off screen.
The graphics are cool, amazing color pallet and engaging gameplay. Music and sounds are well done and animations, simple and effective. One small complain, the control scheme was a little weird.
The art style and the music are amazing! Good job guys !
Love the color pallet and the art style, combined with the music it really gives me a relaxing mood.